On March 20, the WTT Singapore Grand Slam ended the women's singles final. In a pinnacle match belonging to the Olympic champion, Chen Meng finally defeated Wang Manyu, ending the losing streak, winning the first Grand Slam women's singles title and reaching the Asian Games singles quota.
At the Tokyo Olympic Games, Chen Meng won the women's singles + women's team championship and became the Olympic double champion. Wang Manyu seized the opportunity of Liu Shiwen's retirement and became the team Olympic champion. After experiencing the baptism of the Olympic Games, Wang Manyu ushered in a violent outbreak. From the National Games to the Houston World Table Tennis Championships to the Macau Championships, Wang Manyu won 3 singles titles, coincidentally Wang Manyu defeated Chen Meng in the semi-finals.
Compared with Wang Manyu's strength, Chen Meng's state declined, and he couldn't even break into the final, and it was difficult to find a crown. Coming to the Singapore Grand Slam competition, Chen Meng fought 7 rounds in the semi-finals, narrowly defeated Wang Yidi, and finally broke into the final after a long absence. And Wang Manyu is also the 7th game of the war, eliminated Sun Yingsha, and Met Chen Mengshi in the final, Wang Manyu excitedly knelt down to celebrate.
In the final peak showdown, Chen Meng showed a strong determination to win the championship, she staged the return of the king, fought hard for 7 sets, and narrowly defeated Wang Manyu 4-3.
In the first set, Chen Meng started 3-1, Wang Manyu chased to 3 draws, Chen Menglian took 4 points 7-3 to open the gap again, Wang Manyu chased 7 draws again, and won 9-8, Chen Menglian took 3 points to win 11-9, took the lead first, Chen Meng shook his fist excitedly and shouted; in the second set, Wang Manyu led 7-5, Chen Meng chased to 7 draws, and Wang Manyu returned to color at 11-8;
In the third set, Wang Manyu led 6-3, Chen Menglian took 4 points to lead 7-6, 10-8 to get 2 innings, 11-9, the total score was 2-1 again; in the fourth set, Wang Manyu started 3-1, 5-2 to expand the advantage, Chen Menglian took 3 points to chase 5 draws, Wang Manyu led 7-5, Chen Meng took 5 more points and 10-7 to get 3 innings, 11-8, the total score was 3-1;
In the fifth set, Wang Manyu, who was not willing to lose, launched an onslaught, 10-4 to get 6 innings, Chen Meng continued to drop the line, took 2 points in the last moment, still lost the game 6-11, Wang Manyu fell behind with a total score of 2-3;
In the sixth set, the two sides fought to 5 draws, Wang Manyu had the advantage in the second half, 10-7 to win 3 innings, Chen Meng recovered 2 points and then lost points, losing the set at 9-11, and the total points of the two sides fought to 3 draws;
In the seventh set, Chen Meng led 7-2, Wang Manyu forced the score to 8-9 behind, Chen Meng took another point 10-8 to get 2 match points, and finally locked up the victory 11-8;
Previously, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the selection method for the Asian Games. It stipulates that the player who wins the Grand Slam singles championship directly wins the Singles Quota at the Asian Games, in addition, the player who ranks first in the world in the 14th week of 2022 will also receive the quota, and if the Grand Slam Singles Champion is also the World No. 1, then the player who is ranked second in the world will be promoted to the singles quota.
Before the start of the Singapore Grand Slam, Sun Yingsha ranked first in the world, Chen Meng ranked second in the world, Wang Manyu ranked fourth in the world, and the gap between the world's top two points reached 2,000 points+, Wang Manyu wanted to go straight to the Asian Games singles, relying on points has no play, only to get the Grand Slam women's singles championship can be.
Today, Wang Manyu lost to Chen Meng, only winning the women's singles runner-up, which also means that she did not qualify for the singles quota at this year's Asian Games. Chen Meng not only won the first Grand Slam title, but also won the singles quota of the Asian Games directly, and will surpass Sun Yingsha and return to the world's first throne, which can be described as three joys. And Sun Yingsha can also rely on the world's second ranking to get a singles place in the Asian Games.